Siphon



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(NoModel.)

A. D. STANSBURY.

SIPHON.

No. 314,487. Patented Mar. 24, 1885.1"

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ALFRED D. STANSBURY, OF COLLIERS, WEST VIRGINIA.

. siPHoN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,487, dated March 24, 1885. Y I Application filed October 2, 18E4. (No model.)

. o simple, clean, efficient, and durable siphon for transferring liquids lfrom one vessel to'another.

The invention consists in a stopple made of non-porous material-such as glass, chinaware, and the like-provided with beaded nipples for the several tubes, a beaded periphery, and a circumjacent packing for securing the stopple air-tight in the vessel to be drawn from, a valvular pressure-tube, and exit-tubes 2o attached to said beaded nipples, respectively,

as hereinafter claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, inv the several figures of which like parts are similarly particularly set forth and 2 5 ,designated, Figure l represents `my siphon in elevatiomL Fig. 2 shows the same in vertical section through the tubes, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the compressor.

The stopple c is made of glass, china-ware,

3o or the like nonporous material, such as is non-absorbent, easily cleaned, and durable. :It is provided with the external circumferential bead, b, over which and the sides of the stopple is stretched a rubber or other pack- 55 ing, c, capable of rendering the stopple airtight when inserted in a vessel (such as a bottle, jar, or barrel) to be drawn from. The beadb serves to re-enforce the hold of the packing on the stopple. The stopple is pro- 40 vided with the longitudinal passages d e, and

the passage d terminates above in a nipple, f,

preferably tapering upward, and having the circumferential bead g. The passage e has similar nipples, hj, at either end ofthe stopple, and provided, respectively, with the circum ferential beadsz k. The nipple f receives the exhausting or pressure tube Z, which is preferably a section ofrnbber tubing stretched over it and its bead g, and said tube is preferably provided with a suitable mouth-piece, m, and a compressor, n, (acting as a valve.) This compressor consists of a length oli' spring- Wire bent around near the middle to form a circular coil, o, having a tendency to spring the ends crosswise from each other, and so grasp whatever is placed between them, and

these ends are turned down at right angles to p, and as said members p p act normally to' engage any body placed between them, it follows that the compressor is automatic, and thus keeps the pressure-tube closed, to render the Siphon operative after once started. The members p p are disengaged from the tube by pressing the finger-pieces q q toward each other, as indicated by arrows, Fig. 3. The nippleh receives the long arm or delivery end r of the exittube, and the'nipple j the short arm or inlet end of said tube, and the beads of the several :nipples f h j serve to re-enforce the hold of the tubes thereon and make air-tight joints between them.

By usinga non-porous and nonabsorbent stopple, one not permanently contaminated by contact with any liquid, I am enabled to produce a siphon which may be used indifferently for various liquids by changing only the tubes and washing out the stopple, and as the tubes are secured to the stopple by nipples, their attachment and detachment are easily and quickly made.

The several nipples may be part'of (integral with) or attached/to the stopple, as

external packing, Grand the beaded nipples f hj, communicating with longitudinal passages in said stopple, in combination with the pressure and exit tubesl and p s, respect- 5 ively secured thereto, and the valve or oomv pressor on the pressure-tube, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day vof September, A. D. 1884.

ALFRED D. STANSBURY.

Witnesses:

J. N. DEVOE, MARY JANE MORTON. 

